Questionnaire: International movement of live insects and ticks – practices and regulations

29 Jul 2019

The aim of this questionnaire is to collect information on the quantity, conditions and regulations under which different species of live insects and ticks are shipped and traded internationally for various purposes (e.g. as biocontrol agents, use in research, use in insect products, as food and feed, for display, or for pollination).

The scope of the questionnaire covers the movement of all insect species, except honeybees, and all species of ticks. For the purpose of this survey, ‘movement’ refers to import, transfer, transit, export, sending, receiving, exchange, shipping, trade or other movement for commercial or research purposes, between different countries.

The target respondents are:

  1. Research and technical institutions dealing with live insects and/or ticks.
  2. Private companies such as growers of horticultural products, shipping companies, insect breeders, food and feed industries.
  3. Regulatory agencies such as national plant protection organisations (NPPOs) from the European Union (EU), the European Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
  4. Governmental authorities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), etc.


Context: This work was initiated by Collectif TIS and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).